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Section Name: Industry Material
Base Level: No Spider-Man

This section lists various generally more serious books about the comics industry as a whole, and more specifically about Spider-Man and about Marvel.

The topics are various, covering things such as how to write comics, analysis of the techniques used in comics, and the social impact of comics. Other books here cover the history of Marvel, including specific episodes in Marvel's history such as their 80s/90s struggle with bankruptcy.

If you're looking to perform get help with an introduction into the more academic issues related to the history and social impact of the comic book genre, then these books represent our list of suggestions.

	The Steranko History of Comics 1  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover
	Publisher:  Supergraphics Writer:  Jim Steranko Cover Art:  Jim Steranko	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1970 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article
	Comix: A History of Comic Books in America  FIND @ Amazon
	Publisher:  Bonanza Books Writer:  Les Daniels Artist:  John Peck	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1971 : NM ($40.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (4 Webs)
	The Steranko History of Comics 2  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover
	Publisher:  Supergraphics Writer:  Jim Steranko Cover Art:  Jim Steranko	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1972 : NM ($30.00) : SM Article
	The Steranko History of Comics 2 (Second Edition)  Summary: Spider-Man on cover
	Publisher:  Supergraphics Writer:  Jim Steranko Cover Art:  Jim Steranko	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1972 : NM ($30.00) : SM Article
	TV 79  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover; Chapter on Nicholas Hammond
	Publisher:  Scholastic Book Services Writer:  Peggy Herz	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1978 : NM ($15.00) : SM Article
	Will Eisner: Comics & Sequential Art  FIND @ Amazon
	Publisher:  Poorhouse Press Writer:  Will Eisner Artist:  Will Eisner	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Nov 1985 : NM ($25.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	The Comic Book Makers  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Biography of Joe Simon (includes Untold Origin of Spider-Man)
	Publisher:  Vanguard Productions Writer:  Joe Simon, Jim Simon	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1990 : NM ($20.00) : SM Article  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	Start Collecting Comic Books  FIND @ Amazon
	Publisher:  Running Press Writer:  Harold Schechter	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Dec 1990 : NM ($10.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (1.5 Webs)
	Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Contains Much Spider-Man Information
	Publisher:  Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Writer:  Les Daniels Introduction:  Stan Lee	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Sep 1991 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	From Aargh To Zap!  Story: "Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics"  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover; Featured in "The Super-Hero Revival" Chapter
	Publisher:  Prentice Hall Press Writer:  Harvey Kurtzman, Michael Barrier	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1991 : NM ($25.00) : SM Article
	The Art of Jack Kirby  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man References: Reprints covers of Amazing Fantasty #15, Fantastic Four Annual #1, Amazing Spider-Man #1, Amazing Spider-Man #10
	Editor:  Greg Baisden, Catherine Hohlfeld	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1992 : NM ($29.00) : SM Reference
	Funny Papers: Behind the Scenes of the Comics  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man on Cover; Reprints Spider-Man Newspaper Strip from September 1, 1993
	Publisher:  Morrow Junior Books Writer:  Elaine Scott Photographer:  Margaret Miller	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1993 : NM ($20.00) : SM Article
	Understanding Comics  FIND @ Amazon
	Publisher:  Kitchen Sink Press Writer:  Scott McCloud	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Apr 1994 : NM ($23.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
	Jack Kirby's Heroes and Villains: Black Magic Edition  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Pin-Up
	Editor:  Greg Theakston Inker:  Frank Miller (Pin-Ups) Artist:  Jack Kirby (Pin-Ups)	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1994 : NM ($13.00) : SM Article
	Marvel Universe  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Chapter; On Cover
	Publisher:  Abradale Press (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) Writer:  Peter Sanderson	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 1996 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article
	Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers
	Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi Writer:  Matthew J. Pustz	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Feb 1999 : NM ($18.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (3 Webs)
	Reinventing Comics  FIND @ Amazon
	Publisher:  Perennial Writer:  Scott McCloud	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Aug 2000 : NM ($23.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (4.5 Webs)
	Marvel: Their Characters and Their Universe  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Includes Chapter on Spider-Man
	Writer:  Michael Mallory Cover Art:  Gregg Schigiel, Scott Elmer	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 2001 : NM ($40.00) : SM Article
	Kiddie Meal Collectibles  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man toy on Cover and within
	Writer:  Robert J. Sodaro, Alex G. Malloy	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 2001 : NM ($25.00) : SM Article
	500 Great Comic Book Action Heroes  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Feature, Spider-Man on Cover
	Publisher:  Barron's Writer:  Mike Conroy Foreword:  Will Eisner	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 2002 : NM ($19.00) : SM Article
	Comic Wars  FIND @ Amazon
	Publisher:  Broadway Books Writer:  Dan Raviv	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Apr 2002 : NM ($25.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (3.5 Webs)
	The Science of Superheroes  FIND @ Amazon
	Writer:  Lois Gresh, Robert Weinberg	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Sep 2002 : NM ($25.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (3 Webs)
	Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Autobiography of Stan Lee (Spider-Man on Cover)
	Publisher:  Simon, Schuster New York Writer:  Stan Lee, George Mair	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	May 2002 : NM ($14.00) : SM Article  Review by The Editor (4.5 Webs)
	The Silver Age of Comic Book Art  FIND @ Amazon  Summary: Spider-Man Appears in Steve Ditko Chapter and Elsewhere
	Publisher:  Collectors Press Writer/Designer:  Arlen Schumer	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	No Month 2003 : NM ($20.00) : SM Article
	Comic Book Nation  FIND @ Amazon
	Publisher:  The Johns Hopkins University Press Writer:  Bradford W. Wright	Staff Edit Issue Images Review
	Oct 2003 : NM ($15.00) : Review (No SM)  Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
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